LOT 3200 Anglo-Saxon Chip-Carved Scabbard Mount
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6th-7th century AD. A gilt-bronze mount comprising a raised border enclosing a procession of Style II animal shapes forming a chain; two attachment pins to the reverse. Cf. Menghin, W. Das Schwert im Fruehen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, item 77, map 11. 3 grams, 26mm (1"). Found at Thetford, Norfolk, UK in 1997. Decorative mounts of this form were often used to enliven sword-belts and scabbards, as for example on the sword from Grave 92 at Erding, Germany.
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